Research centres and laboratories
Learn more about CIRCUIT, our research centre working towards shaping a sustainable circular economy, and discover our range of state-of-the-art labs.
CIRCUIT | Circular Innovations Research Centre
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CIRCUIT is the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering's research centre, which is also associated with Ngā Ara Whetū Centre for Climate, Biodiversity and Society. At CIRCUIT, we connect world-class research with communities and commercial opportunities to develop solutions pertaining to the transition towards a circular economy.
Research Laboratories
Analytical Lab
Bio Materials Lab
Ceramics (Powder) Processing Lab
Coatings & Energy Materials Lab
Electrochemistry and Hydrogen Lab
Food Engineering Lab
Functional Nanostructures Lab
Hazardous Prep Lab
Heat Treatment & Mechanical Testing Lab
Industrial Information and Control Lab
Magnetron Sputter Lab
Membrane Lab
Metallography Lab & Specimen Preparation Lab
Microbiology Lab
Microfluidics Lab
Nanomechanical Lab
Optical Microscopy Lab
Powder Metallurgy Lab
Powder Metallurgy Lab
Protein Biomaterials Lab
Resource Recovery Lab
TGA DSC Lab
XRD XRF Lab